2014 Scottish Women's Premier League

Scottish Women's Premier League 2014 Glasgow City (9th title) Queen's ParkBuchan Champions League Glasgow City 126 581 Spartans 16–0 Forfar Farmington27 April 2014 Buchan Ladies 0–10 Rangers20 April 2014Inverness City 0–10 Glasgow City27 April 2014 Spartans 16–0 Forfar Farmington27 April 2014 2013 2015 The 2014 Scottish Women's Premier League was the thirteenth season of the Scottish Women's Premier League, the highest division of women's football in Scotland since its inception in 2002. The competition started on 16 March 2014. A total of twelve teams contested the league. Glasgow City were the reigning champions.Glasgow City secure seventh successive SWPL title https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/24326384 BBC Sport 12 January 2014 Queen's Park and Inverness City were promoted from the SWFL First Division after finishing 1st and 3rd respectively in 2013 (First Division runners-up Celtic Reserves were unable to be promoted as league rules stipulate each club may field only one team in the Premier League).Rules of Senior Leagues and League Cups 2011 http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/resources/documents/SWFFiles/Rules&Regulations/Rules%20of%20Senior%20Leagues%20and%20League%20Cups%202011.pdf Scottish FA 12 January 2014 10 PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20121003075717/http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/resources/documents/SWFFiles/Rules%26Regulations/Rules%20of%20Senior%20Leagues%20and%20League%20Cups%202011.pdf 2012-10-03 dead The SWPL continued in the format applied since 2012. The 12 clubs faced each other once (11 games per club), after which the league split into top six and bottom six sections based on league position. Each club then played home and away against clubs in their respective sections to give a total of 21 games. Glasgow City confirmed their eighth consecutive championship title on 1 October 2014.Glasgow City secure their eighth successive SWPL title https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29457241 BBC Sport 12 January 2014 City suffered their first on-field league defeat since the 2008–09 seasonGlasgow City hammer Hibernian to secure sixth Scottish title https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/19945832 BBC Sport 15 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121018055916/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19945832 18 October 2012Glasgow City FC raise a treble with Scottish Cup triumph https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/glasgow-city-fc-beat-forfar-1432225 Daily Record 12 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130321120548/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/glasgow-city-fc-beat-forfar-1432225 21 March 2013 when they lost 1–0 to Spartans in September 2014SWPL: Glasgow City lose six-year unbeaten record against Spartans https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29304671 12 January 2015 BBC Sport 21 September 2014 (a fixture against Forfar Farmington during the 2012 season was retrospectively awarded to the opposition due to Glasgow City fielding an ineligible player). Glasgow City also won the 2014 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup and the 2014 Scottish Women's Cup to complete the 'treble', the fourth in their history and third in a row. Rangers were runners-up, 17 points behind the champions. Queen's Park and Buchan were relegated. Teams Stadia and locations UK Scotland 300 right Locations of teams in the 2014 Premier League UK Scotland 57.1827 -2.10098 right Aberdeen UK Scotland 55.858 -4.259 left Glasgow UK Scotland 56.64423 -2.88842 right Forfar UK Scotland 55.949444 -3.160278 right Edinburgh UK Scotland 55.77742 -4.05505 right Hamilton UK Scotland 57.52210 -2.12687 right Buchan UK Scotland 57.4717 -4.2254 right Inverness The most regular home ground is shown though some clubs played matches at other venues throughout the season. Team Location Home groundFinishing position 2013 Aberdeen Aberdeen Heathryfold Park 6th Buchan LFC Maud Pleasure Park 10th Celtic Glasgow Celtic Training Centre, Lennoxtown 3rd Forfar Farmington Forfar Station Park 8th Glasgow City Glasgow Petershill Park 1Champions Hamilton Academical Hamilton John Cumming Stadium, Carluke 7th Hibernian Edinburgh Albyn Park, Broxburn 2nd Hutchison Vale Edinburgh Saughton Enclosure 9th Inverness City Inverness Bught Park 13SWFL First Division, 3rd Queen's Park Glasgow Woodfarm HS, Thornliebank 11SWFL First Division, 1st Rangers Glasgow Petershill Park 5th Spartans Edinburgh Spartans Academy 4th League standings main WDL QR GLC Glasgow City RAN Rangers HIB Hibernian SPA Spartans CEL Celtic ABD Aberdeen HAM Hamilton Academical INV Inverness City HUT Hutchison Vale FFM Forfar Farmington QPL Queen's Park BUC Buchan LFC y 20 0 1 87 13 CQ 13 4 4 71 24 14 1 6 63 32 12 2 7 60 30 9 2 10 55 32 6 3 12 41 44 11 3 7 46 33 8 2 11 40 73 6 6 9 21 57 5 4 12 33 85 3 3 15 26 64 R 4 0 17 30 94 R green1 2015–16 Champions League CL red1 Relegation to SWFL First Division REL REL 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored complete Scottish Women's FA Results Matches 1–11 Clubs play each other once. main FBR grey ABD BUC CEL FFM GLC HAM HIB HUT INV QPL RAN SPA Aberdeen null 0–5 7–2 null 3–2 0–1 8–1 null null null 1–2 Buchan LFC 1–3 null 0–4 null 0–2 1–9 null null null 0–10 2–5 Celtic null 10–0 null 0–1 null null 2–0 7–0 8–1 null 1–0 Forfar Farmington null null 1–7 null 1–7 1–7 1–2 1–1 null null null Glasgow City 2–0 13–0 null 9–0 null null null null 3–1 3–2 null Hamilton Academical null null 1–3 null 1–4 3–4 1–1 3–2 null null null Hibernian null null 1–0 null 1–4 null 4–0 7–0 6–0 null null Hutchison Vale null 2–1 null null 0–9 null null 1–4 3–3 1–3 4–2 Inverness City 0–5 6–0 null null 0–10 null null null 3–0 2–6 null Queen's Park 0–5 1–2 null 2–2 null 1–6 null null null 1–4 null Rangers 2–0 null 2–1 14–0 null 2–0 3–0 null null null 0–0 Spartans null null null 16–0 1–3 2–1 3–1 null 11–0 2–1 null 29 June 2014 Scottish Women's FA Matches 12–21 After 11 matches, the league splits into top six and bottom six sections. Clubs played every other club in their section twice (home and away). Top six main FBR grey ABD CEL GLC HIB RAN SPA Aberdeen 2–2 1–2 1–2 3–3 0–2 Celtic 1–1 0–4 1–2 0–4 3–2 Glasgow City 4–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 0–1 Hibernian 4–0 3–2 0–3 1–4 2–0 Rangers 5–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–2 Spartans 1–0 4–1 2–4 1–5 1–1 2 November 2014 Scottish Women's FA Bottom six main FBR grey BUC FFM HAM HUT INV QPL Buchan LFC 2–1 0–3 7–2 2–3 5–2 Forfar Farmington 4–0 1–2 2–2 3–1 3–0 Hamilton Academical 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 Hutchison Vale 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 Inverness City 5–3 3–3 3–1 2–0 1–3 Queen's Park 4–1 0–2 1–3 1–2 3–1 2 November 2014 Scottish Women's FA References 2 External links Season on soccerway.com Women's League Competitions at Scottish Football Historical Archive 1 Scot Scot Category:Scottish Women's Premier League seasons